Agency Pollution Control Agency

Contractor AECOM

SWIFT Contract Number 181017

Project Name Project 1007 Focused Investigations 1st Half 2021

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Summarize purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary: AECOM will conduct Focused Investigations at three primary locations for the Project 1007 study. These will include: Eagle Point Lake (and its connection to Lake Elmo through Lake Elmo Park Reserve); Downstream of Lake Elmo (from Lake Elmo Avenue to the southern end of Horseshoe Lake); and West Lakeland Storage Ponds.
Phase I- Screening Level Investigation activities will include a synthesis of known surface water characteristics such as: water column depth, bottom materials, vegetation, inflow and outflow locations, stream channel morphology, and P1007 structural components. These activities will be conducted in each of the primary water bodies using a grid or coordinate system, including: Eagle Point Lake, Horseshoe Lake, and the three West Lakeland Storage Ponds.

Phase II-Focused Surface Water Investigations will use the data collected from the Phase I activities to identify targeted locations where flux is likely to be occurring and where additional measurement can be used to collect data to quantify vertical flux in the water body.

The data collected from the Focused Investigations will provide critical inputs to completing a robust and defensible groundwater-surface water model and the development of CSM that significantly advances the understanding of PFAS movement within the Project 1007 corridor. Drilling shallow wells (including piezometers) is also part of the focused investigation assessment work. The FY21 proposed subsurface work for this Work Plan includes the installation of 20 shallow (quaternary) wells and up to 75 piezometers as part of the initial focus investigations to be completed.

Project Duration

Start Date Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:00

Original end date Wed, 03/31/2021 - 00:00

Actual end date Wed, 03/31/2021 - 00:00

Did project finish on time? Yes

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Contract Amounts

Original contract: $393635.76

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Contract total $390632.24

Did project finish within budget? Yes

What was the funding source? State

Is this a sole source contract? No

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Evaluator Name Tim Lockrem

Evaluator Email Address timothy.lockrem@state.mn.us

Evaluate the contractor's timeliness Very Satisfied

Evaluate the contractor's quality Very Satisfied- AECOM’s work was of high quality, and their staff were very competent and well informed.

Evaluate the contractor's cost Satisfied

Evaluate the contractor's overall performance Very Satisfied- I was very happy with AECOM’s performance on this work order. AECOM performed very well on this work order. Their work was well planned and executed, and their project manager kept me informed with regular updates, and notified me of any issues soon enough so they could be adequately addressed in a timely manner.

Would you engage the contractor's services again? Yes

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Please rate the overall experience with the contractor 5 - very satisfied